Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-11
The RctaIiatory Law.

The retaliation bill which has become
law, is as follows
That whenever the president of the
United States shall Dissatisfied that Am
erican fishing vessels or American fish
ermen, visiting or being in the waters or
at any ports or places of the British Do
minions of North America, are or then
lately have been denied or abridged in the
enjoyment of any rights secured to them
by treaty or law, or are or then lately have
been uniustly veXed or harraSsed in the
enjoyment of such rights or subjected to
unreasonable restrictions, regulations or
requirements in respect of such rights or
otherwise uniustly veXed or harrassed in
said waters, ports or places or whenever
the president of the United States shall be
satisfied that any such fishing vessels or
fishermen having permit under the laws
of the United States to touch and trade at
any port or ports, place or places in the
British Dominons of North America, are
or then lately have been denied the privi-
| lege of entering such port or ports, place
or places in the same manner and under
the same regulations as may exist therein
applicable to trading vessels of the most
favored nation, or shall be unjustly veXed
or harrassed in respect thereof, or
otherwise unjustly veXed or harras-
ed in said waters, sport or places,
tr shall be prevented from purchasing
such supplies as may there be lawfully
sold to trading vessels of the most favored
nations or whenever the president of the
United States shall be satisfied that any
other vessels of the United States, their
masters or crews, so arriving at or being
in such British waters or ports or places
of the British domnions of North Ameri-
ca, are or then lately been denied any of
the privileges therein accorded to the YES
! sells, their masters or crews, of the most
favored nation, or unjustly veXed or har-
rasSed in respect of the same, or otherwise
! unjustly veXed or harrassed in said wa
| ters, ports or places then, and in either
or all of such cases, it shall be lawful and
| it shall be the duty of the president of the
! United States, in his discretion, by proc
lamation to that effect to deny vessels
their masters and crews, of the British
| Dominion of North America, any entrance
! into the waters, ports, or places Of, or
within the United States with such eX-
ceptions in regard to vessels in distress,
! stress of weather, or needing supplies as
to the president shall seem proper wheth-
er such vessels shall have come directly
| from said dominions on such destined voy-
age or by way of some port or place in
such destined voyage elsewhere, and to
deny entry into any port or place of the
! United States of fresh fish or salt fish or
any other product of said dominions, or
other goods coming from said dominions
! to the United States
The president may, in his discretion, APP
ply such proclamation to any part or to
all the foregoing named subjects and
make, revoke, qualify, limit and renew
such proclamation from time to time as
he may deem necessary to the full and
just execution of the purposes of this act.
Every violation of any such proclama-
ton or any part thereof, is hereby declared
illegal and all vessels and goods so COM
ing or being within the waters, ports or
pieces of the United States contrary to
such proclamation shall be forfeited to
the United States and such forfeiture
shall be enforced and proceeded upon in
the same manner and with the same effect
as in the case of vessels or goods whose
| importation or coming to or being in the
waters or ports of the United States con-
trary to law may now be enforced and
proceeded upon. Every person who shall
violate any OF the provisions of this act or
such proclamation of the president made
in pursuance hereof, shall be deemed
guilty of Il misdemeanOr, and, on cOnvic
ton thereof, shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding $1,000, or by Imprisonment
for term not exceeding two years, or by
both said punishments, in the discretion
of the court
1t will be noticed that the act not only
authorizes the president to deny entrance
for Canadian vessels and Canadian fish
into American ports, if the Dominion Off
Gals continue their policy of excluding
American fishing vessels from the enjoy
ment of the usual commercial privilege:
in Canadian ports but it is made his dttl
so to do, to such an extent as he may de
termne in the exercise of his discretion.